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Erie police have charged two Millcreek Township men with assaulting officers during a fight downtown Sunday morning.

Jerry L. Elliott III, 25, and Joshua J. Haight, 24, are accused of assaulting the officers after police on patrol early Sunday stopped to check on a large crowd gathered at 10th and State streets at about 1:20 a.m.

When officers tried to break up a fight at the intersection, police said, Elliott grabbed an officer from behind "in a violent manner" and tried to pull the officer to the ground.

Police said Haight grabbed an officer from behind and landed on top of the officer, according to criminal complaints filed in the case.

Elliott, of the 2400 block of Rollahome Drive, and Haight, of the 3000 block of West 25th Street, were taken into custody and later arraigned before Erie 4th Ward District Judge Tom Robie on charges of aggravated assault, resisting arrest, obstructing the administration of law, disorderly conduct and public drunkenness.

Elliott and Haight were each placed in the Erie County Prison on $15,000 bond.